Davide Crapis from the Ethereum Foundation explains what ERC-8004 is and how it works. Published February 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM EST. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Addicted to podcasts, Pocket castings, Amazon Musicor on your favorite podcast platform. The ERC-8004 standard for trustless interactions with AI agents is finally…
A joint essay with Daniel Thilo Schroeder and Jonas R. Kunst, based on a new paper on swarms with 22 authors (including myself) who just published in Science. (A preprinted version is hereand you can see WIRED’s coverage here.) Automated bots spreading misinformation have been a problem since the early days of social media, and…
Local investors in China are excited about a new stock market trend linked to artificial intelligence. As trading volumes in mainland Chinese stocks, dominated by retail investors, reached record levels this month, one of the main themes centered on generative engine optimization, or GEO. The idea is that advertisers will spend more for brands to…
Starlink clients are the latest thing for the AI mill. The company has updated its Privacy Policy on January 15 to enable the collection of user data for AI training. Customers are registered by default, but it is relatively simple to unsubscribe. Starlink says it may use your personal information “to train our machine learning…
Right now, it would seem safe to say that AI assistants are here to stay. Sure, they have their quirks, but they can provide a substantial productivity boost for certain tasks. What is less certain is how we will use these tools in the future. Web interfaces don’t capture the full potential of these assistants,…
Micron The stock rose 6% on Friday as investors looked to buy AI chip supply chain stocks after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported robust earnings on Thursday, signaling continued spending on AI infrastructure. Shares of Micron, a leading maker of memory and storage for artificial intelligence systems, are up 52% over the past month as…
AI may be able to help complete certain types of jobs, like coding, more quickly. But this may come at the cost of improving what you do and mastering new skills in the process, new search watch. The AI company Anthropic, which develops the competitor ChatGPT Claude, conducted the study out of 52 junior software…
One area where artificial intelligence has taken a strong hold in litigation practice is in the preparation and cross-examination of expert witnesses. This shouldn’t be surprising. Expert opinions are often decisive in a dispute. For this reason, the litigant’s role in supporting or challenging expert testimony in depositions is a “leave no stone unturned” effort….
A view of the TSMC Global R&D center in Hsinchu, Taiwan on April 15, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Thursday offered markets a rare respite from the incessant geopolitical upheavals. Yet the week’s headlines still reflect broader global dynamics. Case in point: Taiwan’s $250 billion investment in chip production in the United States, which is…
Microsoft and Google trust this company to ensure their data centers remain operational. You can’t build a data center without making sure it has reliable power. Without electricity, artificial intelligence simply does not work. This is why AI giants, notably Microsoft And Alphabet‘Google entrusts us Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP +1.91%) to help them develop their…